what different between Website Designer and Web Developer

Suppose you want a new website, you search the Internet and you find the terms Website Designer and Web Developer being used, is there any difference between these two roles or is it one and the same thing. Let's look a little deeper into the 2 roles and examine what approach to the Website Building Process they take. Website Designer communicates the visual aspect of what may be required by a Client in a visually appealing way by making use of his creativity and skills. In simple terms, he can turn words into a graphical model doing so creatively and skillfully. To help him do this, he will make use of certain software s and tools such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. He does not do this in a random haphazard way, he follows a set of Design Principles so to get the best results possible. In principle, every website design always has a header, a body and a footer. This is the underlying structure of every website. The Website Designer will design images (or obtain them) and text and creatively arrange this, always keeping in mind the stated objective.

He will skillfully select the right.

• • Firstly he needs to - Understand The Objective Suppose you want a new website, you search the Internet and you find the terms Website Designer and Web Developer being used, is there any difference between these two roles or is it one and the same thing.

     

    Let's look a little deeper into the 2 roles and examine what approach to the Website Building Process they take.

    A Website Designer communicates the visual aspect of what may be required by a Client in a visually appealing way by making use of his creativity and skills. In simple terms, he can turn words creatively and skillfully. To help him do this, he will make use of certain software s and tools such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. he does not do this in a random haphazard way, he follows a set of Design Principles so to get the best results possible. In principle, every website design always has a header, a body and a footer. This is the underlying structure of every website. The Website Designer will design images (or obtain them) and text and creatively arrange this, always keeping in mind the stated objective. He will skillfully select the right. This can be achieved by asking such questions as: Who will the Website be representing and who will be the target market? What is expected from the target audience in terms of engagement with the Website? What is the purpose of the Website? This point is extremely important as it sets the foundation of what follows after. Pictures are worth 1000 those 1000 words would be gibberish if they are not well arranged. The words that the visual element speaks need to be fluent. Colour can evoke emotions and can influence a person's behaviour towards something. The website designer skillfully selects the set of colours (5 at most) that will achieve the intended purpose and compliment the design. Usually, these colours are specified to him by the Client. These colours will form part of the overall theme. The choice of colours can influence the perceptions made about the overall website design.  

    • Graphics: Images add pleasantness to the Website look and so the Website Designer takes great care in selecting and arranging images across the Website Design. Once again these images may be obtained from the client, taken from stock images or custom designed. It's not a matter of filling up the website with a whole of images - co, its skill and purpose.
    • Typefaces: These are a set of fonts that are alike in design that the website design uses. Usually about 3). Their purpose is to communicate the message of the words subliminally. In other words, they merely adorn the text without taking the glory. So in his selection of fonts, the website designer does not want to take attention away from the words but rather to dress the words in a way that portrays the intended message. Once again the choice of typefaces is dependent on the overall objective.
    • Placement: This principle controls all the ones discussed above. The Website Designer skilfully places and arranges the images and text onto the Website Design layout, keeping in mind that spacing is also important to ensure that everything is not cramped and uneasy on the eye.

As a principle, the Website Designer always keeps in mind that it's not just about a website design, but that it's also about the functionality of the website beyond design. So right from the onset at the design phase, he would make sure to optimize the website design by scaling the images to an appropriate size.

Website Developer on the other hand approaches website building from a different angle. He will approach it from a technical point of view, and thinks of "How the website will work". He takes over from where the Website Designer finishes. Like a Website Designer, the Web Developer needs to keep in mind the initial objective. This will aid him in making use of the most suitable technologies to achieve the best results. Once he receives the graphical interface of the website, he uses programming languages such as PHP, Java, JavaScript, HTML, CSS and C# to code functionality into the website and makes it interactive. By doing so, when you click the contact button on the website, it responds by going to the contact page. Client-side: The web developer writes coded scripts that will enable the website to run and function on a web browser from the webserver. Take a look at the moving slide on the Front row of the Design Studios Online Website - for it to slide through the images and fade as it does, it had to be coded using client-side scripting. Similarly, if you scroll down, notice how the Front row Design Studios Online Logo changes. So the experience you get when you browse the website is a result of web coding. In essence, the coding runs after the website is loaded on your browser. E.g. HTML, JavaScript and jQuery.  Server-side: The web developer codes scripts that make the website useable behind the scenes. This coded script runs on the server that hosts the website, and not on your computer, hence the name Server side. Think of a website that requires you to log in. The coding for that is on a web server and depending on your request, e.g. clicking "logon" it runs the script in response to your request, but in the back-end.

In conclusion, what have we gathered? A Website Designer meets a clients' needs by designing the graphical user interface of the Website. He focuses on the look and feel of the website. A Website Developer gives functionality to the website using coding languages. He focuses on the technical aspects of the website and makes sure it will be pleasant to navigate through as it performs in the required manner.